SIGTRAN Contract Job Trends

SIGTRAN
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring SIGTRAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 638 531 586
Rank change year-on-year -107 +55 +91
Contract jobs citing SIGTRAN 6 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.012% 0.007% 0.002%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.13% 0.054% 0.018%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £443 - -
25th Percentile £450 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £458 - -
75th Percentile £493 - -
90th Percentile £504 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £465 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

SIGTRAN falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,793 3,724 5,432
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.51% 12.51% 12.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,942 2,288 3,212
10th Percentile £250 £220 £210
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -1.96%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £470 £488
% change year-on-year +2.13% -3.59% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 291 175 422
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £13.50
25th Percentile £21.04 £19.14 £17.69
Median hourly rate £27.88 £44.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.64% +10.00% +110.53%
75th Percentile £65.00 £61.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £74.26 £78.00 £71.19
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £31.08 £47.50
% change year-on-year -9.91% -34.57% +150.46%

SIGTRAN
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SIGTRAN relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

SIGTRAN job vacancy trend in the UK

SIGTRAN
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SIGTRAN.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SIGTRAN

SIGTRAN
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SIGTRAN.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SIGTRAN

SIGTRAN
Top 4 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SIGTRAN within the UK over the 6 months to 18 June 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -119 4 £483 - 1
South East -55 3 £465 - 1
UK excluding London -99 3 £465 - 1
Work from Home - 1 £505 -

SIGTRAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) Diameter Protocol
2 5 (83.33%) 5G
3 3 (50.00%) 2G
3 3 (50.00%) 3G
3 3 (50.00%) 4G
3 3 (50.00%) BGP
3 3 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (50.00%) Cisco IOS
3 3 (50.00%) Cisco Nexus
3 3 (50.00%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 3 (50.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 3 (50.00%) Firewall
3 3 (50.00%) IPsec
3 3 (50.00%) MPLS
3 3 (50.00%) NetScaler
3 3 (50.00%) OSPF
3 3 (50.00%) SS7
3 3 (50.00%) tcpdump
3 3 (50.00%) VXLAN
3 3 (50.00%) Wireshark
General
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Core Network Engineer
1 3 (50.00%) Design Engineer
1 3 (50.00%) Designer
1 3 (50.00%) IP Design Engineer
1 3 (50.00%) IP Engineer
1 3 (50.00%) IP Network Engineer
1 3 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Mobile Designer
2 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Voice Design Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Voice Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Voice Network Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Core Network Design Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Network Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Service Design
1 3 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
2 2 (33.33%) Change Management
2 2 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (16.67%) Customer-Centricity
3 1 (16.67%) Data Management
3 1 (16.67%) Network Design
3 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (16.67%) Test Strategy
3 1 (16.67%) Validation
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) CheckPoint
1 3 (50.00%) Cisco
1 3 (50.00%) F5
1 3 (50.00%) Fortinet
1 3 (50.00%) Juniper
1 3 (50.00%) NetScout
1 3 (50.00%) Palo Alto
2 2 (33.33%) Tufin
3 1 (16.67%) Ericsson
3 1 (16.67%) Nokia